[cremp]

That's non-targeted attacks. Nothing stops the targeted attacks.

Sure, they might not be able to listen in on those https connections, but if they wanted to attack/listen to this Joe Smith over here, they are more than capable, and still do it.

[hobs]

World governments can also just generally have you arrested or killed without a ton of fuss if you are a big problem.

The problem with the NSA revelations wasn't that the NSA spies on people - that's their job.

It was about mass warrant-less surveillance of the american public, not individual targeted surveillance.

[soraminazuki]

The problem with mass surveillance is that it's indiscriminate, not that it's targeted.